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The First Reconstruction was about bodily freedom. Championed by Frederick Douglas and other 19th century abolitionists, it challenged the immorality and hypocrisy of slavery and produced the 14th Amendment freeing 4 million slaves to be US citizens.
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The Second Reconstruction was about social equality. Championed by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other 20th century civil rights activists, it exposed the persistent systemic evils of white supremacy and produced the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawing discrimination and racial segregation in schools, employment and public accommodations.
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The Third Reconstruction is about economic equity. Championed by the ever growing numbers of 21st century activists, its success will be measured by how fully the economic chasm between Blacks and whites is closed, how comprehensively we enable Black and brown Americans to be economically enfranchised to build generational wealth, and how unreservedly we empower all Americans to enjoy the fruits of liberty and prosperity.
Reinventure Capital is a Third Reconstruction investment practice.
Reinventure Capital is the second generation of a successful racial/social justice venture capital practice. Our high impact + high return strategy and investment process has been proven to deliver nonconcessionary financial returns along with intentional, measurable, and meaningful racial/social justice impact.
We invest in US-based companies led and controlled by BIPOC — Black, Indigenous, and other people of color — founders, and/or womxn founders of all identities. Companies at or near breakeven, commercializing solutions to real problems, in fragmented industries, at the forefront of one or more shifts, and poised to grow profitably.
We are a diverse team investing in diverse founders who are growing profitable companies that will create new wealth and opportunity, shape our future, and reinvigorate the American dream.
Reconstructing Venture Capital from the inside out.
Our investment strategy is driven by the steep and persistent asymmetry in access to investment capital which hyperconcentrates wealth and opportunity and is a primary source of social and economic inequity.
In the United States, venture capital specifically hyperconcentrates wealth and opportunity in the hands of predominantly straight white men from a dozen universities and operating companies in a half dozen metropolitan areas, all the while calling itself a meritocracy.
We see no such meritocracy.
Rather we see injustice written in dollars. Whether that injustice is intentional or unintentional is immaterial — the outcome is the same.
Along with a growing community of peers investing for better financial returns and better social outcomes, Reinventure Capital is restructuring venture capital from the inside out by putting capital in the hands of successful Black, multicultural and women founders to accelerate and amplify the value and wealth they are already creating.
Our investment playbook has been proven to both create new wealth and opportunity — for founders and investors alike — while also delivering meaningful social, environmental and economic impact.